Species richness, rarity and endemicity on Italian offshore islands: Complementary signals from island-focused and species-focused analyses

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-674

  Dapporto, Leonardo ^a   Dennis, Roger L H ^b,c  

^a Istituto Comprensivo Materna Elementere Media Convenevole da Prato   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Island biogeography; Lepidoptera; Mediterranean; Sardinia; Sicily; Species incidence; Tyrrhenian

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISLAND; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; RARITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 40749128477     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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